Abingdon House School Purley
Abingdon House School Purley is an independent special school in Purley for boys and girls aged 10 to 17. It has 72 pupils and room for 100.
Godstone Road, Purley, CR8 2AN020 8092 2080abingdonhouseschool.co.uk/purley-senior-schoolMr Jonathan Mansell headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
3 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Croydon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 72 | 54 | 30 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Primary Academy Kenley | Academy | 680 m | 433 | No overall grade 2025 | 87 | Compare |
| St Nicholas School | Council | 860 m | 273 | Requires improvement 2024 | – | Compare |
| Beaumont Primary School | Council | 910 m | 222 | Not inspected | 96 | Compare |
| Purley Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 87 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| St David's School | Independent | 0.8 miles | 139 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 397 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | Academy | 1.0 miles | 2,074 | Outstanding 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| The Hayes Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 420 | Good 2023 | 71 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Abingdon House School Purley a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Abingdon House School Purley yet.
How many pupils does Abingdon House School Purley have?
72 pupils aged 10 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 100 places, so it is 72% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Godstone Road, Purley, CR8 2AN
- Telephone
- 020 8092 2080
- Website
- www.abingdonhouseschool.co.uk/purley-senior-school
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Mansell
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 10-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward
- Purley & Woodcote
- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 12 July 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149578 · LAESTAB 3066034 · UKPRN 10097247
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.